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March 18, 2026 1:28 PM
The UAE Ministry of Defence has confirmed that national air defence systems successfully intercepted a wave of Iranian missile and drone threats in the early hours of Wednesday, March 18. Loud explosions were heard across Dubai as interceptors engage...
March 18, 2026 10:19 AM
The United Arab Emirates may join a U.S.-led effort to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran all but shut the vital waterway to ships as Tehran wages war with Israel and the United States, a senior Emirati official said on Tuesday. Anw...
March 18, 2026 10:41 AM
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was postponing a highly anticipated trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the war with Iran upends U.S. foreign policy and delays an effort to ease tensions between the world’s two bi...
March 18, 2026 10:36 AM
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran, a move he described as a "very foolish mistake." But Trump ga...
March 18, 2026 9:47 AM
Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani was one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Republic, an architect of its security policy, and a close adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until the supreme leader's death in an airstrike last mont...
March 18, 2026 10:22 AM
Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel's assassination of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday. Israel has said that Iran has repeatedly...
March 17, 2026 3:24 PM
India on Tuesday strongly condemned Pakistani airstrike on a hospital in Kabul, calling it a “barbaric” and “cowardly” act. In an official statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India “unequivocally condemns Pakistan's barb...
March 17, 2026 2:05 PM
Tensions across West Asia sharply increased on March 16, with Israel confirming an expansion of its ground operations in southern Lebanon while missile exchanges with Hezbollah continued. Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said forces had adva...
March 17, 2026 3:02 PM
Gulf Arab states did not ask the U.S. to go to war with Iran, but many are now urging it not to stop short by leaving the Islamic Republic still able to threaten the Gulf’s oil lifeline and the economies that depend on it, three Gulf sources told R...
March 16, 2026 4:52 PM
Dubai authorities brought under control on Monday a fire caused by a drone attack near the city's international airport that forced a temporary suspension of flights, though no injuries were reported, they said. The U.S.-Israel war against Iran has ...
March 18, 2026
UAE successfully intercepts Iranian missile and drone attackMarch 18, 2026
UAE could join any US-led effort to secure Strait of Hormuz...March 18, 2026
Trump postpones trip to Beijing as Iran war delays China resetMarch 18, 2026
Trump says NATO’s refusal to help on Iran is ‘v...March 18, 2026
Iran strikes Tel Aviv with cluster warheads in retaliation ...March 18, 2026
Ali Larijani, Iran’s ultimate backroom powerbroker, k...March 17, 2026
West Asian tensions rise as Israel expands operations in Le...March 17, 2026
India condemns Pakistan’s ‘barbaric, cowardly&#...March 17, 2026
Gulf states press US to neutralise Iran for good as Hormuz ...March 16, 2026
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